{"id":84170,"date":"2026-02-02T12:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/tuskegee-coach-benjy-taylor-at-a-loss-for-words-after-being-escorted-off-court-in-handcuffs-hires-civil-rights-lawyer\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T12:24:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T15:24:37","slug":"tuskegee-coach-benjy-taylor-at-a-loss-for-words-after-being-escorted-off-court-in-handcuffs-hires-civil-rights-lawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubirataonline.com.br\/en\/tuskegee-coach-benjy-taylor-at-a-loss-for-words-after-being-escorted-off-court-in-handcuffs-hires-civil-rights-lawyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuskegee coach Benjy Taylor &#8216;at a loss for words&#8217; after being escorted off court in handcuffs, hires civil rights lawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Division II college basketball game between Tuskegee University and Morehouse College on Saturday ended with Tuskegee coach Benjy Taylor being escorted off the court in handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>In a video obtained by HBCU Gameday, a security officer can be seen escorting the cuffed Taylor past the stands and into a hallway. Another video shows the circumstances that led to the bizarre scene, with Taylor confronting a security officer about the handshake lines and the officer responding by pulling out the handcuffs.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>While Taylor is clearly angry, at no point does he appear to present any physical threat to the officer.<\/p>\n<section class=\"consent\"\/>\n<p><a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GoodmanHoops\/status\/2017775251170464100\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Taylor later provided a statement to The Field of 68's Jeff Goodman;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link\">Taylor later provided a statement to The Field of 68&#8217;s Jeff Goodman<\/a>, criticizing the decision to handcuff him and saying he was simply voicing concerns about Morehouse football players entering the handshake line:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cI am at a loss for words and I am upset about how I was violated and treated today. For my players, my family and people of Tuskegee to witness that is heartbreaking for me. I was simply trying to get the football team out of the handshake line as they were following right behind me and the team yelling obscenities! It was a very dangerous situation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Tuskegee athletic director Reginald Ruffin <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/2026\/01\/31\/hbcu-coach-escorted-off-court-in-handcuffs-after-rivalry-game\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:also provided more context to HBCU Gameday;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link\">also provided more context to HBCU Gameday<\/a>. After the game, a 77-69 Morehouse win over Tuskegee, a group of Morehouse football players reportedly intermingled with the teams, which Ruffin described as a &#8220;security breach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Taylor reportedly went to the security officer asking for the football players to be removed. Ruffin described his coach&#8217;s actions as reasonable, but the security officer apparently saw something else, via HBCU Gameday:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cHe asked the security officer, \u2018Can you please remove them from the line?\u2019 That\u2019s what he asked the security officer,\u201d Ruffin said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>Ruffin added that the security officer\u2019s account differed, claiming Taylor was \u201cvery aggressive\u201d and \u201cthe aggressor,\u201d which Ruffin said was not accurate. He said the officer cited that perception as the reason Taylor was placed in cuffs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Taylor was reportedly released and traveled home with the team. He has been Tuskegee&#8217;s head coach since 2019, <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/goldentigersports.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\/roster\/coaches\/benjy-taylor\/276\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:per the school's site;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link\">per the school&#8217;s site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Taylor has hired national civil rights attorney Harry Daniels to pursue a possible civil lawsuit. Daniels said in a release that Taylor had asked an officer to remove players from Morehouse&#8217;s football team who were &#8220;acting aggressively&#8221; toward Tuskegee players and their parents to remove them from the court.<\/p>\n<p>They are now investigating &#8220;all legal avenues,&#8221; including a possible civil lawsuit.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cSuch behavior from the Morehouse football players, particularly their intermingling with the basketball players on the court and during the postgame handshake is prohibited by conference-mandated security protocols,\u201d the release said, via <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/montgomery\/2026\/02\/alabama-college-basketball-coach-handcuffed-at-weekend-game-says-he-was-violated.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alabama.com;cpos:4;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link\">Alabama.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"content-blockquote\">\n<div class=\"blockquote\">\n<p>\u201cWhen Coach Taylor asked two police officers to enforce those protocols attempting to diffuse an increasingly dangerous situation, however, one of the officers chose to place him in handcuffs and escort him from the court. 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